Bellator officials on Tuesday announced that the combined event, which is open to fans and media like, has been moved from the Hotel Sax to the Chicago Theatre in Illinois.

The same venue hosts Thursday’s Bellator 14 event, which airs live on FOX Sports Net.

Wednesday’s pre-event activities take place at the Chicago Theatre’s Downstairs Theatre. The historic Windy City venue is located at 175 N. State St. in downtown Chicago.
The festivities begin at 6 p.m. CT (local time).

As MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) reported on Monday, the Bellator 14 fight card recently underwent some changes. Due to a case of appendicitis, lightweight tournament competitor Ferrid Kheder has been forced out of the eight-man field and has been replaced by WEC veteran James Krause. His bout with Toby Imada – originally slated for Bellator 15 – is now part of Bellator 14.

To make room, a planned Bellator 14 featherweight tourney bout between Patricio “Pitbull” Freire and William Romero has been moved to next week’s Bellator 15 event.